If you’re not a mumbly-mouthed idiot, then you might actually have a real chance to hear your own voice on Liberty City radio. We’re talkingGrand Theft Auto IVhere, people. There’s a real phone number toWKTT radio. Call it (212-360-2368) and wait for the tone, say and spell your name, and then bitch about the world or whatever you’d like. These calls are recorded and will be screened, and those that make the cut will be included in the audio for Grand Theft Auto IV....

FormerHaloseries developer Bungie is knees deep into its next project, a mysterious Activision-published title. Leaving Master Chief to the capable hands of 343 Industries and Microsoft, Bungie’s moving into new, unknown territory. As we wait for solid details from the developer, we’ll settle for the scraps. Bungie’s recently trademarked “Be Brave” and “Destiny.” You know what that means, don’t you? No, really… do you know what it all means? Because I’ve got nothing here....

As gamers, many times the media and people like to portray us as lazy, self-absorbed kids who do nothing but play games in our parent’s basement. But then, we prove them wrong and that will happen this October 16 as Destructoid brings to you our Extra Life 24 hour Gaming Marathon! Extra Lifeis a charity event started by the fine guys at Sarcastic Gamer in 2008 and with the help of over 100 websites and 12,000 donors, has since gone on raise $302,000 dollars in charity money for Children’s Miracle Network hospitals....

Enough to make even Gabe Newell blush Knives in games are weird. They’re either way too weak and flimsy to be any fun (the weapon of last resort you mess around with for a few moments to delay dying or before you restart from your last, hopefully ammo-rich, save), or, by design choice or fluke, they are ridiculously overpowered and silly. I still giggle whenever I come across somehype-videoof aCoDplayer running around with a combat knife, humbling scores of modern Spec Ops soldiers all decked out in the latest in high-powered assault weaponry....

The Nintendo Media Summit brings about more news, including details on the newly announcedPersonal Trainergames for the DS. As a foodie, I’ve always been jealous of the great selection of cooking tutorials available for the DS in Japan. The newPersonal Trainer: Cookinglooks like it might take the sting off. It’s an electronic cookbook, complete with videos and a glossary. This launches November 24th in the US. After all that eating, you’ll need thePersonal Trainer: Walkingtitle Like Ubisoft’sMy Weight Loss Coach, this will include a pedometer, though this one is “wireless....

Last week, Bungieposted a blurbabout installingHalo: Reachto the Xbox 360 hard drive. Inadvertently or not, the studio’s instructions included a few screenshots showing an updated Achievement total. Based on these ‘shots, we can expectReachto get bumped to 59 Achievements for a new total of 1,250 Gamerscore points. Not the least bit surprising considering howHalo 3eventually worked its way up to a whopping 1,750 points. Whether these additional points will come by way of downloadable content or a title update — like the onedue out in October— remains to be seen....

For those of you out there who might be scratching their heads, wondering, “TooManyGames?Whazzat?!“, let me be the one to tell you that you should remember that name well — for in the future, TMG will become a staple convention for us East Coast folk who don’t have the chance to go to all those fancy-schmancy expos out on the West Coast. To put it simply, TMG is an indie convention with an emphasis on all facets of gaming culture, without all the over-the-top glitz and glamour of the bigger guys....

According toMajor Nelson’s blog(which lives and breathes on its own, and will someday take over the world) is reporting that a demo for Electronic Arts’The Simpsons Gamehas hit Xbox Live. This appears to be the same demo that hit the PlayStation Network last week, and weighs in at 442.71 MB. Last week, I spent a bit of time with the PlayStation 3 demo, which gives you control of both Bart and the ever-so-lovable Homer....

Hey you! Yeah, you, the one complaining that G4 has lost touch with its roots, and that you’re more likely to see a re-run ofC.O.P.Sthan an interview with Ken Levine. This one is for you. X-Playhas officially revealed an enhanced format, one that will have the show airing every weeknight at 8 pm, and concentrating on comprehensive videogame industry coverage. They’re talking news, game demos, interviews, and of course, the series’ trademark reviews....

What’s that in the sky? It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’sDestructoid’s 25 days of giving! … It’s also a plane. A plane in the form ofIL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Preyfor the PlayStation 3. We have four copies of the game to giveaway thanks to 505 Games as well as fourThrustmaster T. Flight Stick Xcompatible for the PS3 and PC. to win the game and flight stick, we want you to take a picture of yourself giving us your best flight combat pose....

I don’t think we’ll be getting anything that will top last week’sUncharted 2edition for a while, but we have some decent material this week to tide you over. I think everyone knew what was going to happen when the 360 version ofBayonettagot an amazing 40/40 from Famitsu, while the PS3 version got a disgusting 38/40. After having to hear about how greatUncharted 2is for the last couple weeks, the 360 fanboys have been looking for something to lord over their PS3 enemies, and they got it in this....